Editorial Commentary

The Sound of His Wings

Washington lawmakers play devilish political games.

It's a month too early for Halloween, but in Washington the witching hour has arrived. Make that the witching week or the witching month, for eldritch powers are at large. "Hell is empty, and all the devils are here," Ferdinand says in The Tempest under the spell of Ariel, a sprite.

Another line of Ariel's report to Prospero also resonates with the current situation in our capital of magical thinking: "Not a soul but...